Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
NHS England has said that practices will not have to offer an extended hours DES on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve because the ?demand for routine appointments? will be a lot less than at other times of the year?.
Pulse revealed this week that practices will have to open for their full core hours on those two days, after the head of primary care at NHS England, Dr David Geddes, sent a letter to area teams on Monday explaining that they should be treated like other non Public Holidays.
GP leaders welcomed NHS England?s commitment to relax the rules around the extended access DES, but said that demand for all appointments - and not just extended hours - is down on these days.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-pr...-demand-is-down/20005336.article#.UqrAdvRdWAg
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Pulse revealed this week that practices will have to open for their full core hours on those two days, after the head of primary care at NHS England, Dr David Geddes, sent a letter to area teams on Monday explaining that they should be treated like other non Public Holidays.
GP leaders welcomed NHS England?s commitment to relax the rules around the extended access DES, but said that demand for all appointments - and not just extended hours - is down on these days.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-pr...-demand-is-down/20005336.article#.UqrAdvRdWAg
(free registration required)